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Computed tomography

Computed tomography uses conventional x-rays, a circular array of special detectors, advanced electronics and powerful computers to produce internal tissue pictures of the human body. X-ray beams originating from the scanner's x-ray tube go through the body and are picked up by the scan detectors. The detector array, located within the doughnut-shaped gantry of the CT scanner, rotates in a spiral motion around the patient. The energy picked up by the detectors is fed into a computer that generates the cross-sectional x-ray pictures.
 
Computed technology procedures include:
  • pelvis
  • spine
  • myelogram
  • head/neck
  • chest
  • extremities
  • abdomen
  • biopsies